By Beth Hale

January 27th, 2008

Daily Mail

They have long been blamed for the decline in youth sport and the child obesity epidemic.

But, in a bid to instill some enthusiasm in a generation of inactive youngsters, schools are turning to the computer games console to fight the flab.

Teachers are using the best selling Nintendo Wii - an interactive wireless-based computer game - to get children involved in 'virtual' sport.

The scheme comes despite repeated studies showing that the amount of time children spend playing computer games is one of the major factors behind the obesity crisis.

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